Category: Featured

A Deluge of Freshness

Finally this evening, the rains graced us with their presence after a scorching month of heat and dust. I've been a rather lazy writer during the last two months primarily due to the heat becoming quite intolerable for…

By Lopamudra Kalipada Bandyopadhyay-Chattopadhyay

The Thing About Email Domains

Photo: 'Friends Walking the Wetlands Trail' - Color Photo Copyright 2018 Frank J Casella…

By fjcasella

Spring Storm Clouds At Sunset

Patches of blue sky peek between the springtime storm clouds illuminated by the evening sun in Midwest America - Photo: 'Spring Storm Clouds At Sunset' Copyright 2021 Frank J Casella.…

By fjcasella

Completing WaniKani Level 60

WaniKani is a kanji learning web application and community that I began using years ago. I have recently completed the final stage, and it's time for me to reflect on what I've learned.…

By lonm

Why use Vivaldi?

We were in front of the screen, in my office. Just trying to fix something; I can't remember exactly. Internet site stuff, anyway. At one point the colleague tells me something like open Chrome, let's see… and I say no,…

By mcastel

The Journey of Life

Photo: 'The Journey of Life' - Holga Black and White Landscape Photograph Copyright 2021 Frank J Casella.…

By fjcasella

Had Me Stumped For a While

At first I was stumped at how I was going to get rid of the Poinciana tree stump, then I just started digging to expose the roots. Chopped off those roots with the axe.…

By robrose

Coupeurs de feu

The magical, the mystical, the primitive beliefs… will always be part of the human spirit. Yes, I must admit this……

By Cezar

After the fire

I remember the first time I saw images of what the 1988 wildfire did to Yellowstone: Blackened trunks of naked lodgepole pine jutting from scorched earth like broken bones piercing burnt fleshA charred skeleton of a…

By mikol

Monarch Butterflies Love Our Asclepias tuberosa (Butterfly weed)

We have two butterfly weed plants in our backyard and this seems to be the time of the year the monarchs are busy producing new monarchs. It seems everywhere we look we can see monarch caterpillars.…

By robrose

The Suspended Time

Annecy Castle, built in the 12th century, residence of the counts of Geneva. And yes, timeless.…

By Cezar

Grilled Salmon and the Trimmings

Planked chilpolte and lime salmon so fresh of the grill the plank is still glowing. Glazed asparagus, stuffed mushrooms and sliced small cucumbers and sweet peppers. I think her artistic side came out today. We may…

By robrose